Category Archives: Results

Four intrepid EASTie explorers ventured out to Kranj in Slovenia to compete in the European Masters Championships.

Debbie Matless swam in the 50 Fly, 100 Fly and 100 Free, medalling in all of her events. Her 100 Fly was an epic encounter, missing out on gold by 0.09 seconds.

Natalie Allen swam in the 200 Free, 400 Free and 200 Back. Posting good times throughout and a notable blistering 1st 50 in her 200 Back and several encounters with the lane ropes (I mean come on, who would organise a back stroke event out doors!)

David Borthwick had 2 seasons bests in his 200 Free and 200 IM and an epic disaster in his 400 Free a full 9 seconds off his best.

Finally Dave Webster after the birth of Iris and a 12 week taper competed well and we were all entertained by his natural charm.

A glorious summer of regional outdoor swimming came to an end with this year’s Fritton Big Swim at Fritton Lake. Harry Crisp from EAST set the pace winning the Triple swim competition with overall wins in the 3k (43.58) and 1.5k (21.14) and third place in the 5k (1.10.47) for an overall time of 2.15.59. David Boyce won the ‘veteran’ age group category in the 5k coming in at 1.20.31 and seventh overall. Check out the bling below:

8 EAST swimmers took part in the Eastern regional open water champs on a hot Sunday at Whitlingham Broad.

Four swimmers took part in the 3k event with David Boyce and Ray Kirby coming 2nd and 3rd in the 40-49 male age group while Phill won bronze in a very competitive 50-59 age group. Josie put in another solid swim in the women’s race winning the age group gold although the field was a little sparse! Three swimmers swam the later 2k event with Jon G having a great swim to win silver in the men’s 50-59 event while Emmeline and Jane Pye both claimed gold in the women’s race for the 30-34 and 50-59 age groups respectively. Harry C was the only EAST competitor in the final race of the day, the 5k although he was swimming under the Great Yarmouth flag for the day. He rounded off a successful day with bronze in the very competitive 20-24 age group. Full results in the link below:

Five EAST swimmers made it down to Plymouth for this year’s British Masters and did the club proud with some fantastic swims. Medal count was 12 golds, 3 silver and 4 bronze, which is amazing given that there were only five swimmers. Leading the way were Catherine, Debbie and Pat who between them won all the club’s 12 golds with Debbie and Pat coming home first in every race they entered. The men didn’t do to badly either with Chris and Nick picking up two and three medals respectively.

Many fine results from the 2018 edition of the Norfolk Masters championships with EAST swimmers taking home a total of 43 Gold, 12 Silver and 16 Bronze medals as well as many county medals. Compiled medals table below (thanks to Harry C for this) followed by individual times for all 26 swimmers. Stay with it – it’s a long list.